OMG….. Your laptop won’t turn on and your freaking out. What should you do? Call the Geek Squad? Yea sure they’ll get you fixed right up in 3 days and $300 later. Why the hell anyone takes their stuff to them is beyond me but whatever works I guess. So while this simple ‘resetting’ procedure may or may not correct your problem it’s always the 1st thing you should try. These steps can be tried on any brand, model, size laptop/net book and will not harm it in anyway. Just think of all the $$ you will save if you can eliminate the ‘tech’. So if your laptop won’t turn on for an obvious reason such as you didn’t drop it 10 ft onto concrete, you didn’t back over it with the car, or drop it into the bath tub, etc. then I recommend to try these VERY simple steps:
1. Take out the battery,
2. Unplug power cord from laptop,
3. Hold power button down for 30 secs
4. Put power cord in (Do not put battery back in)
5. Turn laptop on
6. Put the battery back in.
And when that doesn’t work?
My laptop wasn’t dropped or anything like that, but, I did take the battery out to example what model the battery is….so as to buy a new one, this one only lets me work for a half hour before it loses its charge. When I put the battery back in, poof, a laptop that wouldn’t turn on when prior to that, it was working beautifully!
Love to hear any other ideas you may have!
Barb